Food behavior and folate status of hill-tribe schoolchildren and women of childbearing age on the northern border of Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-361

  Kwanbunjan, Karunee ^a   Thepouyporn, Apanchanid ^a   Songmuaeng, Kriyaporn ^a   Nakosiri, Wanyarat ^a   Cheeramakara, Cheeraratana ^a   Chusongsang, Yupa ^a   Laisupasin, Pikul ^b   Tunsakul, Sirirat ^b   Chantaranipapong, Yaowamarn ^a   Pooudong, Somchai ^a   Hongtong, Kanjana ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

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EID: 42349094477     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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